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Nick Gane
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Sociologist at the University of Warwick.
Umm I don’t think anything could get through the train. There’s no access even to a toilet. Michael Portillo should go from Plymouth to Edinburgh on one of his great British railway journeys. He could spend hours thinking about the merits of privatisation as punishment
February 14, 2025 at 12:49 PM
True. But when one set of doors are out of service, the train is way over capacity and no space for luggage and someone pulls the emergency alarm in a toilet but there are no staff to help then you have to wonder whether resilience is the answer
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February 14, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Yes how can anyone think that this is no longer capitalism and that ‘profit’ no longer matters?
February 11, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Reposted by Nick Gane
All of which is to say that the only account capable of explaining the political and ideological power of Big Tech has to start with a thorough analysis of the global economy, and, well, capital. What passes for "techno-feudalism" is merely an effect of capitalism in crisis.
February 11, 2025 at 7:19 AM